Fr. Walter E. Johnson
Named publicly as accused on the Rockford diocese’s list 11/14/2018. Noted to have been removed by his Order in 4/1988, reinstated in 9/1988, then removed again in 4/1993. Worked in the Chicago IL archdiocese, Bolivia, and the Dioceses of Rockford IL and San Jose CA. Moved to Maryknoll NY in 2004. Died 4/14/2018. Included in the 5/23/2023 IL Attorney General’s Report, which notes six “reported survivors.”
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